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acuminate (verb), acuminates; acuminated; acuminating
1. To end in a sharp point: The leaves on the holly acuminated to very sharply pinpointed tips.
2. To sharpen; to cause to become sharp or keen: Her despair acuminated to an ultimate disaster when she committed suicide.
2. To sharpen; to cause to become sharp or keen: Her despair acuminated to an ultimate disaster when she committed suicide.
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acuto-, acut-, acuti-, acu-, -cusis; also, agu-
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acuminate (adjective), more acuminate, most acuminate
Descriptive of something pointed; tapering to a point or sharply pointed: When the candle was being made on a string with very hot wax, the acuminate diameter was very small at the top where it would later be lighted with a match.
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acuminate
Tapering to a fine point.
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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